Franklin Graham rebuts pope on Islam: ‘This is a war of religion’
“I agree that the world is at war — but I disagree that it’s not a war of religion,” Graham, son of the famous evangelist Billy Graham, wrote in a Facebook post Sunday. “It is most certainly a war of religion.”
He continued:
“Religion is behind the violence and jihad we’re seeing in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and here in this country. It’s a religion that calls for the extermination of ‘infidels’ outside their faith, specifically Jews and Christians. It’s a religion that calls on its soldiers to shout ‘Allahu Akbar’ (‘God is Great’ in Arabic) as they behead, rape, and murder in the name of Islam. Radical Islamists are following the teachings of the Quran. We should call it what it is.”
Graham has long been a sharp critic of Islam, having called for a ban on allowing Muslims to enter the U.S. even before Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump adopted that position. Graham also backed...